Tuesday, May 18, 2010

'nough said





Them Nordic countries do good, eh?

This is sad ...

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Prosperity Index


2009 List


Okay, so why do the Nordic countries have this:
>> Almost no poverty or starvation or ghettos.
>> Virtually no homelessness problem.
>> Very little crime.
>> Equal opportunity to education & health care
    (regardless of the wallets).

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Check out the Gini Index (global median = 0.39)
(which measures disparity between rich & poor):

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2 comments:

  1. Scandinavia countries have multiple political parties sharing government seats And an active trade union movement. 70% of Scandinavian employees are union members.

    No Petroleum , Wall Street,Mining,Health Insurance,Drug, and Corporate Lobbyist Legal Bribery!

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  2. Interesting stuff (via Wolfram|Alpha).

    GDP per capita per year:

    Canada & U.S.A. $45.2K

    Sweden: $52K
    Denmark: $62.5K
    Norway: $94.8K

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    And their Gini Index:

    Sweden: 0.23 (#1 in the world)
    Denmark:0.24 (#2 in the world)
    Norway: 0.25 (#4 in the world)
    Canada: 0.32 (#34 in the world)
    U.S.A. 0.45 (#90 in the world)

    Mamma mia!!

    P.S.
    I had to look up the Gini Index :^(

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